By
William L. Garvin
As
our culture quickly coarsens and lurches towards its self-proclaimed, progressive
utopia, proponents of traditional values see nothing but a contemporary version
of hell. Liberal leaders continually
assault faith, family, and self-reliance.
The trinity of faith, hope and charity is “evolving” into indolence,
obesity and promiscuity. Acts and
actions that were heretofore unthinkable seem to be all too commonplace in this
contemporary secular society.
Take
the case of Dr. Kermit Gosnell and his “House of Horrors” abortion clinic. How could any individual possibly conceive of
making a living by killing late term babies?
Finally on trial for eight counts of murder, the doctor’s obscene
practice and methodology is enough to turn the stomach of any rational member
of the human species. In filthy
conditions, using barbaric, outdated, and unsterile equipment, and utilizing
unskilled staff, he would induce labor in late term pregnancies, deliver the
babies, and then…sever their spines with scissors! What kind of society would foster such a
monster?
It
could only come in a world where the value of life is deemphasized and no
longer viewed as sacred. A perfect
example of this “progressive” thought came from Alisa LaPolt Snow of the
Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates. This Planned Parenthood spokeswoman was being
questioned about the Florida implementation of the federal Born Alive Infants
Protection Act of 2002. Florida
Representative Jim Boyd asked her “If a baby is born on a table as a result of
a botched abortion, what would Planned Parenthood want to have happen to that
child that is struggling for life?” The
nonplussed Ms. Snow replied “Well, we believe that any decision that’s made should
be left up to the woman, her family, and the physician.” In other words, a living, breathing baby
could be left to die by this inhuman proposition and is entitled to neither
life, nor liberty, nor the pursuit of happiness! What morally repugnant blackness of soul
could possibly allow this to occur?
Unfortunately, this mirrors the pro-abortion and non-support of “born
alive” bills that President Obama exhibited as a state senator in Illinois!
Abortion
is big business in this country and the largest provider of abortion services
in the United States is Planned Parenthood.
According to their latest annual report, they “performed” 332,278
abortions in 2009; another 329,445 in 2010; and a record 333,964 in 2011! There is no question that Gabrielle Giffords,
the Newtown school children, and the Aurora theater victims deserve a vote but
Mr. President, ONE MILLION babies also deserve a vote!
Currently,
approximately 52% of Americans identify themselves as “pro-life,” but are
forced to support Planned Parenthood with their tax dollars. An analysis by the Susan B. Anthony List
states that PP received record taxpayer funding of $542 million dollars via
government grants, government contracts, and Medicaid reimbursements this last
year. This is nearly half their annual
budget. However, Planned Parenthood has
REDUCED their contraception services by 12% and their prevention services by
29% since 2009. The way to make money is
committing abortions and getting the message out that “there’s nothing wrong
with killing your babies.”
These
views are reinforced in tangential fashion by commentators such as MSNBC’s
Melissa Harris-Perry’s observation that we must “…break through the private
idea that kids belong to their parents.”
As presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton once
opined: “It takes a village.” Even the
legal system seems predisposed to assaulting traditional values. A federal judge ordered the Food and Drug
Administration to allow girls under the age of 17 to purchase the “morning after”
pill without a prescription or parental notification. Let’s give them free condoms, free
contraception, free abortions, promote promiscuity, and then act shocked when
huge numbers of youth are carrying sexual transmitted diseases!
This
tableau requires an extension of government responsibility and a lessening of
individual accountability. It requires
Chris Mathews to say only whites can be racists. It requires the politically correct
Associated Press to remove “illegal immigrant” from their style guide. It requires the election of liberals who
think Guam may tip over if too many people are on one side or gun control
advocates who don’t know that magazines can be reloaded! It requires an educational system where
students learn how to cheat from their teachers and an “if you ain’t cheatin’,
you ain’t competin’!” mentality. It
requires the elevation of “cool” over “competence” and the worship of style
over substance. Emotions must trump
thinking and actions must be divorced from results let alone consequences. Isn’t that pretty much what we have today? That’s why we have butchers like Kermit
Gosnell who call themselves doctors.
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